"falling back" on my stance

[yu xiang]

hi, im having this problem where im falling back on my stance during my follow through.im quite pleased with my backswing but as i reach impact, my weight stays on my right foot which causes me to "sky" the ball thus losing distance off the tee. Are there any drills that can help me rectify this problem?

[doogkie]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

practice swinging and then on the follow through step around with your right leg, when you swing good it should feel like your right leg wants to come around anyways

[LowPost42]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

Do a search for GregJWillis. I'm pretty sure his Walking Drill is what you're looking for.

[vp27519]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

A complete follow through should help with the weight transfer. When practising hold the finish for a second or two after ball has hit ground, this will help with balance too.

[eastley]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

hi, im having this problem where im falling back on my stance during my follow through.im quite pleased with my backswing but as i reach impact, my weight stays on my right foot which causes me to "sky" the ball thus losing distance off the tee. Are there any drills that can help me rectify this problem?

Seems to me that you trying to hit it to hard and using your arms not your body.

I use to do the same thing and I was simply swinging to hard with my arms, I then slowed down my swing a little and tried to have the hip rotation and everything. I may have lost 20 metres in distance but I now hit some of the most gorgeous drives, and when I get the tempo perfect I Drive the ball even further than I have ever before.

[shootin4par]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

where is the ball in your stance, if it is center with the driver, or behind that, then this would be the cause. It would also cause you to flip your hands and that is why the ball goes so high.

[doogkie]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

yeah make sure the ball is up in your stance, try even with your big toe on yopur left foot, if that is too far move it back until you hit them better

[jlferris]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

Many time when you end up with your weight on right side, you did not load up your weight on the right side during your backswing. If have most of you weight on your left leg at the top of your backswing, you can't help but fall back on your right side to release the club. Be sure that on your backwsing you load your weight on the back leg. To help you do this rotate your left shoulder behind the ball. Be sure to rotate your shoulders on the same plane as they were at address. If you dip the front shoulder on the takeaway, you can't help but dip the back shoulder on the downswing which will tend to cause you to fall back with most of your weight on your back foot. Imagine you are holding a medicine ball out in front of you as you are in your address position. Then if you were asked to forcefully pitch the ball 20 feet down the target line, how would your body respond or move as you execute the delivery of the medicine ball down the target line? If you think of this move during your backswing and forwardswing, I guarantee you will not end up falling back on your downswing.

[Simon Woo]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

Michael Campbell seems to have that habit with his driver shots, anyone noticed?

[tnsekhar]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

Apart from having the ball aligned to the leading foot, one of my club pros told me to imagine that the ball is a little more ahead so that the swing continues a few more inches before you start the follow through. For the beginners (believe me - I am one still), the tendency is to stop/ decelerate as the club contacts the ball and it takes a great effort to keep the swing going. This simple tip helped me to get a better finish

[Ian Hancock]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

Hi Yu,

There is a simple explaination for this, (throw a right handed punch)

Your golf swing should be the same driving forward..................

You should not fall backwards when throwing a punch, or you would not have much effect,

However if you fall backwards when throwing a punch, then try not falling out with other members..........LOL


Hope this helps

Ian.

[nickwbryant]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

jlferris has the answer spot on here - you are reverse pivoting, which means you are not getting your weight enough onto your right side in the backswing to transfer back to your left in the downswing. As many mention here the walking drill is good but i think Ian's punch analogy is perfect to describe the downswing action. I often visualise uppercutting the ball when i have weight shift problems.

Incidently i have just fixed a similar weight shift problem myself. I was feeling i could never get through the ball properly unless i conciously did the walkthrough/punch motion. I realised i wasn't getting my weight onto my backfoot in the backswing. The reason was my backfoot had become pigeon toed in my stance and was stopping my hips and thus shoulders turning! opened the foot out and bang i have my old distance back. As i have said before, its almost always a fundamental issue that caused trouble rather than the swing.

nick

[shootin4par]

Re: "falling back" on my stance

jlferris has the answer spot on here - you are reverse pivoting, nick

Bad ball position will cause a reverse pivot. Bad ball position, without reverse pivoting, and the ball will be topped all day long. Fix set up, and then finish fixing the problem. dont fix set up and problem will not go away no matter how many drills you do.

[doogkie]

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tnsekhar ive did that but i would put like 2 or three more tees in a row ahead of the ball and try to knock them out of the ground too